Some say that to join special forces you need something extra. You need to be a little bit naughty some say. A lack of fear to live by the rules and go after and do what you choose to do.
So What About the Men in Charge?
The officers don't tend to stay in special forces units as long. They have careers to think about more than NCO's so they often do their draft and move on. … [Read more...]

Respected Special Boat Service officer Mark 'Foggy' Phillips has died after contracting Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), also known as the human form of Mad Cow Disease. 56-year-old Foggy conducted countless covert missions behind enemy lines over his time in service, including the daring raid to destroy Iraqi communications systems.
The Dail Mail reports:
Lieutenant … [Read more...]

The Bulgarian Special Forces took part in Saber Guardian 2017, a US-led exercise in Bulgarian, Hungary and Romania involving more than 25,000 troops from over 20 NATO Allies and partner nations.
Their Second Mother
In this piece, a member of the group talks about what it’s like to be in the Special Forces and how they feel Bulgaria is like a second mother they need to … [Read more...]

They portray themselves as bad-ass. They portray themselves as god like. Their followers fall for their story and look up to them.
But are the leaders of terrorist groups really as tough as they like to make out? Not according to Mark Owen, author of No Easy Day.
Owen has been on bags of deployments and something I took an interest to when I was reading No Easy Day … [Read more...]

I wanted to start making some videos in tribute/dedication to some of the military units that not just come from the UK but also around the world. They will be mostly British as that's what I am mainly focusing on now though. It's just where my interests lie more than other areas and countries.
So my first compilation video was always going to be from my own family, the … [Read more...]